December 2009
149 posts
“If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must...”
– Winnie the Pooh (via kari-shma)
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Buffers and Narcotics are fading. 2010 will be THE...
Germany, a social welfare state in Europe, has implemented many forms of buffers and narcotics to lessen the effects of a recession. But were some 12 months enough time for the slow political pyramids in the world, to correct the real underlying misgivings, misalignments, legalized crimes, earmarkings, waste, misjudgment and biased decisions, to learn and act from the lessons real world economics...
“Why do we fail to detect or defeat the guilty, and why do we do so well at...”
– The truth about airplane security measures. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
But it applies for the causes of the Global Recession too. Which could turn into a depression scenario 2010.
LIZ JONES homeless? The best part are the... →
Crunchgear.com - Ten years Articles →
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A new crop of Hollywood disaster flicks, a...
Ok, why is it that movies, who can’t call themselves documentaries or sci-fi flicks with a view towards the near future, never get a good review? And only a view realize that we might have real problems to solve, instead to go to movies, and get packaged, categorized, entertainment with no take-away. Hollywood, 90 minutes, easy digestable, junk food, addicting, shit, making your brain...
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#14: Lady Gaga
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Some call her a postmodern genius, while others call her a postmodern twat. But when it comes down to it, she’s simply just another superficial studio-produced pop star, capitalizing on being “weird” because Madonna got too wrinkly. For those of you claiming that this 3rd-generation diva-synth-pop is “daring”, “experimental”, or...
America lead the world into a state of the Old...
Scientists and technologists have the same uneasy status in our society as the Jedi in the Galactic Republic. They are scorned by the cultural left and the cultural right, and young people avoid science and math classes in hordes. The tedious particulars of keeping ourselves alive, comfortable and free are being taken offline to countries where people are happy to sweat the details, as long as...
Do we really need to steal every living thing...
This was John Biggs closing on the Kindle DRM hack.
I’d say no, we would rather have it open and pay for quality. The technology is there that PDF files have a aqua sign+your email when you purchase the document, ehm, information.
Wait a second, isn’t information freely available on the internet? I’d say, to a certain account. If you want accountable content for your study...
Don't be a dev building things on top of a... →
JPMorgan's Dimon complains to UK over bonus tax |... →
JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon called British Finance Minister Alistair Darling earlier this month to say Britain’s 50 percent tax on bankers’ bonuses punishes the bank unfairly, a person close to the bank said.
Hey Jamie Dimon, you d*** and fellow d****, please define for me and the rest of the world ‘unfair’.
Get yourself a reality check pls,...
“Iran can be the tipping-point towards (some form of) middle-east democracy.”
– - me - 12/29/2009
People have to go on the street and fight a repressive and violent state with violence and demonstration and many faces.
My dad always says that some of these people who call them selves reps for their country and citizens, deserve to be put on a public trial, even be executed...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Heart (3)
Europe (3)
Boston (3)
Toto (3)
Def Leppard (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“All I ask is that you do your work to the best of your abilities, and with good...”
– Invictus (via filmquotes)
“Technology is important because it empowers people. […] Not in novelty or...”
– Dave Winer. Why is technology important? ( via Scripting News)
Chart of the Day - US Mid-term election and the... →
Today’s chart illustrates how the stock market has performed during the average mid-term election year. Since 1950, the first nine months of the average mid-term election year has tended to be flat/choppy. That choppiness was then followed by a year-end rally. One theory to support this behavior is that the party in power will make difficult economic decisions in the early years of a...
Give your Geek friends a surprise gift! The new... →
An here are 100 Commodore 64 Games in 10 minutes.
A Record Budget Stirs Debt Worries in Japan (via... →
The Japanese government approved on Friday a record ¥92.3 trillion budget for the next fiscal year that encompasses ambitious welfare outlays to help households cope with the country’s deep economic woes, but the scale of new spending could renew investor jitters about the government’s burgeoning debt.
The record $1 trillion budget for the year starting in April reorients spending to households...
How irrational is it to bet on 'White Christmas'?!... →
Banks That Bundled Bad Debt Also Bet Against It -... →
Saying No, No, No Instead of Ho-Ho-Ho -... →
Dilbert comic strip for 12/24/2009 from the... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
X-Ray Spex (3)
The Boys (2)
Bikini Kill (2)
Plasmatics (2)
The Vibrators (2)
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Comment :: Are Startups Getting Crazy, Or Just IPO... →
We’re facing a technology IPO tsunami. It may start with Twitter, or Facebook, or Zynga, but it’s coming and all it requires is a Netscape moment.
It is too early to blow the whistle. But early 2010 could be a year where investors and bankers wand to make money after this dreadful decade.
Social Networks, online publishing networks (blogs), Cloud Computing, data and analysis, local and...
Please pay for my debt: Canadian Communication... →
Canadian telecom company Mitel Networks Corporation yesterday filed for an IPO of up to $230 million. The company, which provides integrated communication services primarily to SMBs, said it plans to use proceeds from the offering to reduce debts by repaying its revolving credit and loans, and for working capital and general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions.
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Thanks for the Christmas Gift 2009 @edwardnh,...
I like creditwritedowns.com, edited by @edwardnh. I wanted to thank him this way for highlighting the trends for 2010, and giving us all a reality check. Here are my favs for today 23.12.2009.
2010: The Year to Focus on Sovereign Debt | The Big Picture (This analogy between Euro-dependent sovereign nation and U.S. state is one I have already made between California and Ireland. Here David Kotok...
@parislemon from @techcrunch wants another Apple... →
Dear MG Siegler,
I am writing you this from an open source software platform. You are out of your mind to propose yet another lock-in SW&HW package to make lifes of people (and upcoming content producers - see App Store) harder than it is.
The future of content distribution will not be packaged, it will be vibrant and webbed and economic. The cable industry and media conglomerates have a...
From 2004 :: Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack? (via... →
“The internet is a perfect drug delivery system because you are anonymous, aroused and have role models for these behaviors,” Layden said. “To have drug pumped into your house 24/7, free, and children know how to use it better than grown-ups know how to use it — it’s a perfect delivery system if we want to have a whole generation of young addicts who will never have...
Blue Christmas - Clusterfuck Nation →
How Do People Search for News Online? [Pew... →
Long elaborate comment on "Anatomy of a bad search... →
“The incentive to create quality content diminishes.”
– Chris Dixon in the context of TechCrunch, RWW and Jay Rosen & Co who blame Google for its bas search results in certain areas of keyword search. That content farms game the ‘system’ so to speak. That it becomes a game of the smartest guys in the room, and who currently leads, becomes...
2009 in photos (part 3 of 3) - The Big Picture -... →
“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
– John Lennon (via kari-shma)
FAIL Blog’s Top Ten FAIL Lists for 2009 « FAIL... →
One-Liners Of The Decade: Pics, Videos, Links,... →